Annual public health report / [Bombay].

  • Bombay (India : State). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1950]
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Credit: Annual public health report / [Bombay]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER III The State of Public Health in the Bombay State and the History of Chief Diseases. 25. General remarks on the health of the State.—The main features of ithe year as compared with those of the previous year are a substantial increase in the number of births and a slight reduction in the total number of deaths. Inspite of the substantial increase in the number of births, there was a further decline in the infant mortality and in fact the infant mortality rate recorded during the year (126'66) was the lowest on record. The decrease in the death-rate as compared to the previous year was shared by Plague (’03), Fevers (’88), Dysen¬ tery and Diarrhoea (10) and Respiratory Diseases (’27). Increase in death-rate was however, recorded under Cholera (•08), Small-pox (’07), Injuries (’02) and Other Causes (T7). There was also an increase in the total number of maternal deaths by 1,620 during 1950 as compared with 1949. Details of various diseases as compared with the previous year and also with the quinquennial average are given under separate headings in paragraph 22 and further comparison is shown in graphic form in the Charts inserted in the report. 26. Fevers (General prevalence).—There were 248,113 deaths due to fevers during 1950, the last year’s figures being 276,137. The death-rate was 7 38 against 8*26 in 1949. The urban death- rate was 5*31 and the rural 8-02. The mean death-rate of the State due to this cause of the previous 5 years was 8‘45. Fever Mortality in previous years.—The mortality recorded under this heading in previous years is as given below : — m Year Fever deaths. Rate per mille. 1932-35 mean 1936-40 mean 1941-45 mean 1946 1947 1948 1949 1,64,501 8-88 1,70,658 8*68 1,93,068 8*95 1,85,993 8-29 2,01,615 8*88 1,77,918 7*76 2,76,137 s8*26 2,48,113 7-38 1950